Kelly Sandoval

E. Catherine Tobler

Beth Dawkins

Kingsley Okpii

R Gatwood

Nicole J. LeBoeuf

Strange. Beautiful. Shocking. Surreal. APEX MAGAZINE is a digital dark science fiction and fantasy genre zine that features award-winning short fiction, essays, and interviews. Established in 2009, our fiction has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards. We publish every other month. Issue 124 contains the following: EDITORIAL Editorial by Jason Sizemore ORIGINAL FICTION Without Wishes to Bind You by E. Catherine Tobler How to Be Good by R Gatwood Osu by Kingsley Okpii Survival, After by Nicole J. LeBoeuf What Sisters Take by Kelly Sandoval Eilam Is Forever by Beth Dawkins REPRINTED FICTION The Fine Print by Chinelo Onwualu The Shadow We Cast Through Time by Indrapramit Das INTERVIEWS Interview with Author R Gatwood by Andrea Johnson Interview with Author Kelly Sandoval by Andrea Johnson Interview with Cover Artist Martina Boscolo by Russell Dickerson NONFICTION A Special Kind of Gaze: Meta-Representation in Science Fiction by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro Dialog, Patois: If It's Good Enough for Anthony Burgess, It's Good Enough for You by Tonya Liburd REVIEWS Review of The Best of World SF edited by Lavie Tidhar Review of Apocalypse Cancelled edited by Luke Melia Words for Thought: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise

Apex Magazine Issue 124

Maurice Broaddus

Apex Magazine publishes genre short fiction, nonfiction, interviews, and reviews. Our short fiction has won many of the genre's top literary awards including the Hugo and Nebula Awards. We publish bi-monthly. Apex Magazine Promo 2020 is a special mini-issue to promote the relaunch of the magazine proper (coming in January, 2021). This mini-issue contains two original works and a round table discussion with our hardworking slush reader team. TABLE OF CONTENTS SHORT FICTION The Legacy of Alexandria by Maurice Broaddus Small Hopes and Dreams by Beth Dawkins NONFICTION A Round Table Discussion with the Apex Magazine Slush Team by Lesley Conner

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